Education: Tecnológico de Monterrey, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Tulane University, Master of Business Administration
Controlling shareholder of TV Azteca, one of Mexico's two main broadcasters, made fortune in television, retail and cellular services. Gained notoriety in 2005, when the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission brought a lawsuit against him, alleging that he concealed a deal between a TV Azteca subsidiary and another company he secretly owned—the first lawsuit brought against a foreign company under Sarbanes-Oxley. In September Salinas agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle the accusations but neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing.